13 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE,,

1# Find my soulmate (DONE!)

2# Meet Ashton Kutcher

3# Travel around the world with him<3 (not Ashton Kutcher =P)

4# Parachute with our friends

5# Meet always my good friends

6# Say "I LOVE YOU" to the people I really love, and repeat it to them all the time. (DONE!)

7# Learn lenguages and find a nice job!

8# Show to the whole world that true love exists<3

9# Make the most of every second of my life...with him!

10# Help my family in everything I can, especially my parents, for everything they had given to me

11# Set up home, a new life, a new world...but with him!

12# Fight for my dreams and never stop believing them (DOING IT)

13# Leave in writing how much I love him and read it the rest of my days, or read it to him, or let him read it to me...but always, always, always together!!<3<3

XXX

TO ME...YOU'RE PERFECT,,

Nowadays surgery has become really common for us. Girls don't want to play anymore with dolls, now they want a breast operation. I know that this sounds shocking, but we're living in a society plenty of prejudices and superficial where people don't pay attention to virtues but to external appearance. Personally I think that the sentence which everyone knows "beauty is inside" is completely true. When we talk about it in class, boys laugh and say that I'm lying when I say this, because in their opinion we are always influenced by beauty. But sincerely, I haven't chosen my friends for their appearance, because when someone has only beauty, after this he has nothing. On the other hand, I really look up to people who aren't models, who don't pretend to be perfect, because they get people's affection and all their aims are based on their personality. There isn't anything more wonderful than it for me.

I know for sure that not much people think like me, as I said before we are living in a superficial world. People seem to don't believe in love, or on the things which really matter, as true friends or family. Now, everyone wants money and beauty. It sounds terrible, but it works like this. You can be a good girl, very kind-hearted and with a lot of good qualities...But in this society you will only have chances if you’re tall, thin, beautiful, and without too much ideas in your head...maybe it isn't so important for them.

I just want to ask you to try to change this bad custom and especially I beg you to love people for their virtues and their faults not for their external appearance. I’ve learnt a lot about it recently...some things have happened in my life, and I could realize that the world is full of insincere people. How many times have we given our trust to people who we thought that were trustworthy?...and finally everything’s been an enormous lie!!

You have to know for sure that you will be hurt many more times…and sometimes you will believe that nothing like this can happen to you again, but…you feel disappointed over and over again.

But…don’t be ever suspicious! Between lies…there are always the most beautiful truths!

I won’t ever stop believing in kind-hearted people and in good intentions…because I know that those people deserve our admiration and love. We can make mistakes and disappoint someone who really worth all the best, everybody does it…what I want you to know is that every person has a second opportunity. We cannot be perfect, that’s what I want you to realize. So, we cannot control everything we say or everything we do…and often, accidentally…we can hurt our friends or our family. How strange is it! Why do we usually worry our loved ones…if they are the only people who will always stand by us?

I just want to write my last request…trust in you, and love yourself! Because you’ll only be able to love someone when you learn how to love yourself. Love people for their inside not for their appearance: try to discover how wonderful can be someone without thinking of beauty. And, especially…my best pieces of advice: never stop believing in nice people…NEVER!

They’re very difficult to find…but when you meet them you will realize that it was worth searching them.

FASHION INTERVIEW,,

INTERVIEWER: Hi! Today we are on Cosmopolitan TV and we're going to interview Donatella Versace, Lily Donaldson and Gisele Bündchen about fashion style.So, hi Lily, you are one of the youngest models on the catwalk. What was your first impression when you started this job?

LILY: At the beginning I was really scared and nervous because I was very young and there were a lot of professional people, but then after a few photo shots and catwalks I felt better with they, because them were very nice to me.

INTERVIEWER: And you Gisele, you are one of the most profitable models, you are in the Guiness World Records book. How did you get it?

GISELE: Well...I was born in a poor family in Brasil and one day model hunter found me in Moderals buying a burger when I was fourteen. He told me that I had to be a model in his company.Now, I'm working with the great Donatella Versace.

INTERVIEWER: Yeah great thank you Gisele. Now to you Donatella. Today you're showing your new clothes collection for summer. Where did you get you're inspiration from?

DONATELLA: Well, at first Hello! My collection this year is one of the most glamorous because I got my inspiration from old films like Marilyn films.Everything in my collection is sophisticated and all the clothes are of the highest quality.

INTERVIEWER: Thank you Donatella! That's fantastic.Gisele, what do you think about Donatella's collection? Do you like dressing in this collection?

GISELE: I think that it's very different from other collections of this summer but it's a very special collection too. I love to wearing this collection because for me it's very original.Donatella's clothes are like a dream.

INTERVIEWER: Great! I agree with you.So...Lily do you think that one day you'll be working with Donatella? Would you fancy it?

LILY: Oh yes! I would love to. It would be one of my dreams because Donatella is very professional and she works with the best people.Her collections are amazing and if I could work with her I would be famous around the world.

INTERVIEWER: Oh, how interesting! What do you think about Lily? Could she work with you? Does she suit your type of clothes?DONATELLA: Mmmm...She has already started to work in that world. So, it's too soon to know it. But she's very beautiful and she wants to work. So it could be. I saw her on some catwalks and she's fine.INTERVIEWER: Well, thanks very much to everybody.Thanks for watching and now enjoy the catwalk!!

MY BEST FRIEND (podcast about a friend)

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LOOKING FOR Mrs. HAPPINESS

Nowadays, the great majority of us have everything we want, but even this doesn’t make us happy. I’d like to know why we’re so obsessed with see only the worst side of our life. We only live once, we were born on a privileged place and we have family and friends who love us. And I’m still wondering…who needs anything else to be happy? Personally, I think we should see the good side of life and enjoy every second of our days. We can find happiness even in small details, day by day, in gestures, in beautiful words, in all the love got from the people who really love us. I assure that those full well reasons to be happy.

Honestly, I consider myself really sensitive, and with things which have no matter I can be upset. Anyway, I prefer to forget everything when I’m with my loved ones. Well, I don’t have to choose to forget it, because simply I don’t remember the bad moments when I’m with them, especially when I’m with my boyfriend. He makes me feel so good and he always takes care of me, and because of it I love him like no other. It’s very fun see is together because I always argument about him, and actually he says nothing bad to me. He seems very quiet when I’m angry and sometimes it makes me feel angrier than before. But after few minutes I kiss him and I forget everything. Don’t be scared, that’s very typical in our relationship, but of course all the rest are wonderful moments. I promise that I’ve never laughed so much with someone in my life. When I’m with him worries only exist for a while, then they disappear. I feel the same when I’m with my friends or my family. I think that everyone should appreciate the fond given by
them.

Many times all this love doesn’t wait for answers. It’s just given from the heart, we give it without interests, without blackmails, and neither reproaches. Is something essential to us and we can’t hide it inside us. In fact, love is usually given back and we feel so well for it. I think that love in an indescribable feeling, and we all need to feel that there’s always someone prepared to love us, whatever happens, in every situation, in every way, with our good and bad things, with our down days and with our crazy moments.

We want to have someone who won’t need to criticise us when we are not there but someone who will tell us our mistakes trying to give us help, someone who never will try to hurt us and someone who we will always love. Sometimes there are annoying people who seems to be cold and without feelings. But, in my view, these are the unloved ones. Because when you are able to love with all your own and as well you received so much love without asking for it, is impossible feel like those people. Love is the strongest feeling, and as my favourite film says: “OUR LOVE CAN DO MIRACLES”.
So, don’t be lazy and show love to everyone who really deserves it.



LIFE IS WONDERFUL, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT SO SPECIAL WITH LOVE AND HAPPINESS!!

ONE LOVE, ONE HEART,,

I know that racism is criticized topic, and that’s the reason why I have chosen it. I want to talk about it, about how it affects people, about the danger of racism in the world and especially about my point of view on it.

To beginning I will say that I’m completely opposite against racist people. Why hate someone who’s just like you? Why look down to somebody who has the same rights than you? I think that it’s something vain and thoughtless. People always judge the others only to be different than them, we are full of prejudices and these prejudices don’t let us realize that behind all those differences we are simply the same.

What means the colour of our skin or our origin? I think that they are a part of us, but they don’t have to be a handicap between us. Is unimaginable how people can judge someone when they didn’t even know him. We think that we have the right to say who matters and who is secondary, just for the appearances. I’m sick of this bad behaviour, I can’t understand why we don’t show respect to some people when we should have all the same treat.

Everybody has different points of view, we know it. But it isn’t a reason to act like this with the others. We have to be solitaries with everybody, because maybe when day we will need their help.
I could talk about so many things related to racism… Tell me, why are there so many people who think they’re better than the others? How can exist people who enjoy hurting other people just because the appearances?

I’m sick of it, I can’t believe why they do it. There are people who seem to don’t have heart with it. I can recognize that maybe we used to judge anyone by the first impression, but we still have time to change it. We can’t know anything just for the colour of the skin or the language. With this writing I would like to do a reflection, and see that racism should be removed for us. With racism there are no winners, but there are lots of losers. Why go on with something which doesn’t give us anything positive?

I propose some advices to make a change in our lives!

First of all…

-DO NOT EVER JUDGE ANYBODY. A colour just means the race, but it’s not related with the feelings or the character of that person.

-DON’T EVER FEEL BETTER THAN THE OTHERS. Everybody has good and bad things. We don’t have enough reasons to look down on someone for it.

-DON’T HATE ANYBODY. Hate only brings more hate. If you don’t agree with somebody, or if you don’t understand his behaviour, just forget it! The world is full of people, and sometimes we won’t feel well with some of them. But don’t worry, don’t waste your time hating someone, just try to understand that you’re are not compatible but you will respect each other.

-RESPECT ALWAYS: It’s a part of the human’s rights. You have to respect the others if you want to get the same. Without caring the appearances everybody has to be respected by the others. If you want to change our world, that’s one of the first steps. Respect means understand the others (with all their virtues and defects) and don’t give importance to what they seem, just see that behind everything we are the same.

-GIVE HELP WHO MORE NEED IT: We live in a privileged country, and our parents always gave us the best. We grew up with any problems around us, and when we were children money or hunger were things completely unknown for us. Luckily we never suffered it, but not everybody has a life so wonderful… Because it, we should help everyone who need it. We don’t have to spend a lot of money for it, because nowadays we’re living a difficult economic situation, but we can help people with not much money. We can join to solitary organisations; we can be godfathers of poor children giving them some money every month.
We can find old things in our home, or clothes that we don’t wear now, and before to throw out them we should give them to poor people. For us old things and old clothes seem something unusual, but they would help a lot those people.

-TRY TO AVOID RACISM SITUATIONS: If we see that someone is failing the advices you must react. People like this have to change, and we can help them to do it. We have to try to explain that they’re going wrong, and make them see the good way. If we do it, we will be helping the others, and we will be collaborating to change the world.

As you can see, there are also many things to do…but I think that if we start with those easy advices we will succeed in the end.

When I talk about racism I always remember Michael Jackson’s songs. It’s impossible to describe him, and his enormous heart, but maybe his lyrics say enough about him. I use him like an example because he was always trying to help everybody, and he was always criticized and bad treated for a lot of people. He lived a hard childhood, and when he was adult his behaviour was quite surprising. But that’s not reason to make someone feel so bad, or treat someone like this. He was great, he was gorgeous, and the most important: he was always trying to change the world, and make it a better place.

To finish my writing I’d like to say that I’m proud of the result of it. I had clear that I wanted to do something about racism, but when started I didn’t know that I could feel so well knowing that I don’t have to be rich to change the world, or have influences. I can change it with little things, day after day, giving my best to the people who really deserve it.

“STOP RACISM! WE’RE ALL UNDER THE SAME SKY!!”

OUR ORAL PRESENTATION: AUSTRALIA

MY TRANSCRIPTION:

Hi! We are Laura and Ariadna, and today we're going to talk about AUSTRALIA...

(HISTORY)Australia, also known as Commonwealth of Australia, is a country situated in the southern hemisphere comprising the Mainland of the Australian continent.
Australia is the sixth biggest country in the world. The name of its capital is Canberra.

Australia has been habituated by the Aboriginal since forty-two thousand years ago. It has been colonized by the United Kingdom in 1770 and in 1778.
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(CULTURE)Australian people have for certain that Australia is absolutely a lucky country.
They are usually cheerful and with a smile on their face. They like to joke or say funny things. Respect is something basic in their life. They want to be well-treated, and if they get it they will do the same with the others.
In short, Australians are usually good people, friendly, and welcoming. They don’t care about colours or race. The magic words for them are: PLEASE and SORRY.

(RELIGION) Australia hasn’t got an official religion, most of the Australians are Christians, approximately the 60%, others are Roman Catholics and the rest are Anglicans or no-religious.
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(FESTIVALS)Local festivals are very interesting, and because of it when people visit Australia look for them. The most known local festivals are:
-On the 26th January, it’s Australia’s National Day.

-In February there are also more celebrations, related especially with Carnival. Also, in this month is celebrated the “Festival of Perth” where there are different artists from other countries.

-In Sydney they celebrate “Mardi Gras” a party dedicated to all the gays and lesbian that visit Australia.

-And in June the most outstanding event is “Melbourne Film Festival”, where is preformed an exhibition of the best national and international films.

(MUSIC)Australian music includes:

-CLASSIC MUSIC

-JAZZ

-and many other POPULAR MUSIC GENRES.

One of the most famous Australian singers is: Kylie Minogue, she’s a pop singer.

(FOOD&DRINKS)The great majority of people buy fast-food from restaurants or ready meals from supermarkets. Some of them prefer to eat organic meals and other prefers to buy everything fresh and cook the food them selves, which results cheaper.

Typical Australian MEALS:

-Lamb with mint sauce or with apple sauce, all accompanied with chips, carrots and peas.

-Australian people like very much to cook with the “BARBIE”, barbecue for us. They usually cook different kinds of meat.

-They are crazy about “Fish&Chips”. They have it because of the English influence.

-Also it’s very typical there to eat “Meat Pies”. They are sold in butcheries.

-In Australia people drinks very quickly, and the most famous drink is beer.

(ACCENTS&DIALECTS)Australia hasn’t an official language. English is the most spoken language, but with a different accent and vocabulary. They speak Australian English. The next common languages are: Chinese, Italian, or Greek.
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(ANIMALS)We want to talk about some animals of Australia because we haven’t them here. There are poisonous jellyfishes and octopus. There are also the most lethal spiders, usually in the cities. As well, there are different kinds of kangaroos, koalas and wombats.
But maybe the most scaring marsupial is “The Tasmanian Devil”. It seems a dog, but it’s really strong. It’s known by its disgusting smell and its loud and disturbing shouts.

And...that's all. HAVE YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS?


MY REFLECTION:

I’m quite proud of our presentation. It seems better than my first oral presentation, but I still have many things to improve. On my first presentation, I hadn’t any paper, but I was looking all time to the PowerPoint, and in this presentation I decided to bring a paper but only with the most difficult words. On the video you can see that I’m all the time looking at the paper, but it’s quite silly because I wasn’t reading anything. I did it because I was too nervous. I haven’t improved my moves yet. I’m very nervous and I can’t stop moving all the time. I think that those are things to change in my next presentation. I have felt quite embarrassed when I have seen myself: while I was doing it, I thought that I wasn’t so nervous, but when I saw it I couldn’t believe it. I realize all my mistakes of the two oral presentations and I can say for sure that I want to it better.

My English pronunciation has still a low level, but it’s very difficult to me speak English in front of many people. I think that the vocabulary of the project is right, and some words were a little difficult to memorize but finally I got it.

It seems that I hadn’t study it, or that I’m reading all the time. But I can swear that I study very hard this presentation because it is a very important work to me. I like very much English, and our topic was very interesting. My brother is living in Australia right now, and I thought that if I chose it I would learn a lot of things about this beautiful country.

Maybe, after seeing the video, I can say that I’m disappointed with myself. I know that it doesn’t sound well but it’s the truth. I researched information, I read all and I chose the important things, I translated everything, I memorized my presentation all afternoon long, I tried to not be nervous and…what happened? I was more nervous than before, I moved hundred times more than before, I didn’t improved the pronunciation and especially I couldn’t do a good work.

I hope to improve it soon, and be able to do a nice third presentation. I hope it with all my own! I said all the negative things about our project, but perhaps if I had to say positive things about it I would say that…I learnt a lot with it, and I’m happy for it. I had fun with Laura while we were doing it, because we saw how different could be everything in Australia. Also, I’m fond of our hard work: we did a good PowerPoint, and we wrote there only the specific words, not the whole information as I did before. I think that we can improve it, and I will try it.